### Please describe the problem.

```
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4460611Z   Repo Tests v8 locked
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4460898Z     Init Tests
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461239Z       init:                                               OK (0.08s)
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461605Z       add:                                                OK (0.31s)
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461985Z     preferred content:                                    OK (1.26s)
2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462414Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.63s)
```

across setups:

```
(git)smaug:/mnt/datasets/datalad/ci/git-annex/builds/2022/04[master]cron-20220428
$> git grep -n FAIL| grep test-annex                                                                
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, macos-10.15).txt:1580:2022-04-28T02:40:19.9278580Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.44s)
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, macos-10.15).txt:1692:2022-04-28T02:44:48.5060190Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.41s)
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/3_test-annex (normal, macos-latest).txt:1581:2022-04-28T02:40:39.2774670Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.32s)
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (crippled-tmp, macos-10.15)/8_Run tests.txt:1425:2022-04-28T02:44:48.5060140Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.41s)
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, macos-10.15)/8_Run tests.txt:1314:2022-04-28T02:40:19.9278580Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.44s)
build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, macos-latest)/8_Run tests.txt:1314:2022-04-28T02:40:39.2774650Z     rsync remote:                                 FAIL (1.32s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest).txt:1427:2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462418Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.63s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest).txt:1577:2022-04-28T03:41:44.8645593Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.64s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/4_test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest).txt:1513:2022-04-28T03:45:52.6285760Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (1.56s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1334:2022-04-28T03:41:44.8645589Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.64s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1270:2022-04-28T03:45:52.6285755Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (1.56s)
build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1185:2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462414Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.63s)

```

and for some time already (as pinged in an email) -- since 20220420


```
$> git grep -n rsync.*FAIL| grep test-annex | grep ubuntu-late
cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest).txt:1427:2022-04-20T03:30:39.0198567Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.70s)
cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest).txt:1582:2022-04-20T03:31:17.9571887Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (0.62s)
cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/4_test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest).txt:1511:2022-04-20T03:34:57.9524586Z     rsync remote:                                         FAIL (1.57s)
...
```

> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]
